LoTechComp II - Start Your Engines!
- odysseus99
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I think it's a good idea to increase people's interest in CYOA games, and not just for the reasons Mark lists in his article.CYOA is usually regarded as some sort of "poor man's IF", but I think that it isn't just an easier way to write IF, but offers some opportunities for the author that Zork-like IF doesn't.
The reason is that in a CYOA, the interaction takes place on a much higher level than in Zork-like IF. Your commands don't just manipulate individual objects: "Open door", "kick parrot",
but you can actually have very complex actions, like "Try to persuade Rita that a career as a COBOL programmer wouldn't let her realize her full potential".
This makes it possible to write IF that puts the player before quite different kinds of choices than in Zork-like games.
So I say that the LoTechComp is a very good initiative. It can help make CYOA IF a recognized, viable alternative to Zork-like IF.
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